I am a member of the Turkish American community in the Maryland/Virginia area. Our community standards are set pretty high when it comes to the children. We are all supposed to be good muslim sons and daughters, and we are all supposed to go to school to get a master’s degree. At the same time, we are all supposed to marry other Turkish people at a young age. The standards are set high and they are set really strong. These concepts are never really upheld within the community because it’s a lot to accomplish. Also, not everybody experiences the same things. It’s as if they form this one idea of a person within our culture, and everyone has to follow it. However, everyone is so different that there is no way that we all would experience the same things at the same times in our lives.
I belong to this community for the simple reason of being born into a culture. I grew up with it, but it was my choice to be close to my ethnicity. My sister and I have grown up in the same home with the same culture, however, I have a higher degree of salience towards my culture. I think that being a part of this community shows my strengths and my openness to new ideas and theories. I love it, and I am proud to be Turkish. It also means to be very family oriented and socially friendly. That is very important to me as well.
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